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Troops intercede between feuding communities

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    Security forces deployed in Warri in southeastern Nigeria’s Delta State have been able to stop fighting that broke out on Friday between the Urhobo and Itsekiri communities over the proposal to create a local government in an Urhobo-majority area, a media source told IRIN on Tuesday. About seven people were shot and wounded, while some property was damaged, the source said. AFP said the troops, deployed on Sunday, arrested more than 40 youths.

    The issue is to be discussed in the Delta State House of Representatives at a date still to be set.

    The creation of a local government means political authority and control, job creation and the generation of funds to the community where it is based. Some 200 people died in 1999 as a result of a feud pitting Itsekiris against Ijaws and Urhobos over the creation of a local government in Ijaw territory.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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